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East and Central African Association for Indigenous Rights Inc.

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
Economic and Social:
  • Children
  • Extreme poverty
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Minority Rights
  • Women
  • Youth

    • Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
  • Advocacy and outreach
  • Capacity building
  • Education and training of women
  • Human rights of women
  • Indigenous women
  • Men and boys
  • Millennium Development Goals
  • The girl child
  • Violence against women
  • Women and armed conflict
  • Women and health
  • Women and poverty
  • Women in power and decision-making

    • Social Development:
  • Conflict
  • Employment
  • Indigenous issues
  • Poverty
  • Youth

    • Sustainable Development:
  • Agriculture
  • Education
  • Gender equality
  • Poverty
  • Rural Development
  • Sanitation

    • Peace and Development in Africa:
  • Development in Africa

    • Conflict Resolution in Africa:
  • Conflicts Resolution
    • Geographic scope: Regional
  • North America
  • Africa
    • Country of activity:
  • Uganda
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Canada
    • Millennium Development Goals:
  • Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
  • Achieve universal primary education
  • Promote gender equality and empower women
  • Reduce child mortality
    • Mission statement:
    Year established:
    Year of registration: 2003
    Organizational structure: ECAAIR consists of the following organs; (a) the General congress, which is responsible for creating long-term strategies for implementation of ECAAIR programs. In addition, the Congress meeting is the first supreme organ of ECAAIR. It consists of Board of Directors, staff, representatives from the communities that we work with and members. The Congress meeting takes place once every 2 years. (b) Board of Directors which is the second supreme organ of ECAAIR responsible for approving all budgets and controlling all organs of management of the organization, and implements resolutions of the General congress meeting through staff and programs. (c) ECAAIR staff which is headed by the executive director. The staff includes country coordinators and regional officers who lead respective of ECAAIR programs.
    Number and type of members: a)Founder members: 1 A Founder members : is any physical or moral person who conceived and initiated the East and Central African Association for Indigenous Rights. b)Honorary members : 20 An honorary member : is any physical or moral person who has made outstanding moral and/or financial contributions in advancing the mission of the East and Central African Association for Indigenous Rights. c)Direct adherent members : 200 An adherent member: is any physical or moral person who freely adheres to the objectives and vision of the East and Central African Association for Indigenous Rights. They actively participate in ECAAIR activitities and pays annual membership dues.
    Affiliation with NGO networks: Peace, Human Rights and Health Education Organizations
    Funding structure:
  • Membership fees or dues
  • Grants from Governments
  • Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations
  • Donations and grants from domestic sources
  • Fundraising campaigns
  • Foreign and international grants
    • Funding structure other: Fundraising from communities and partners
     
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